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IMPROVEMENT In Darss-Trimmers.

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Be it known that I, G. A. JOHNSON, of Oxford, inthe county of New Haven, and State of Connecticut,

have invented a new Improvementin the Manufacture ofDress-Trimmin'gs; .and I dohereby declare.v the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the letters ci' reference marked thereon, to be `a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said'drawings constitute part ofthis specification, Aand represent, inV i I Figure 1, several ofthe dropsor ornaments of a spherical form made by my improved falen. Figures 2,' 3, and 4, side views. l Figures 5, 6, and7, sectional views of the three metallic parts composing the interior of the button; and `in Figures-8, 9, and 10, sectional views, showing the construction of the ornament. i

This invention relates -to an improvement in that class of trimmings called drop-buttons or ornaments, an which are usually ot' a spherical form, but of the particular form my invention has nothing to do. j y

Heretoiiorc these ornomeutsliave beenlmade either of wood, and the covering cut in gores and gluedthe1eto, or of two shells,veuch forming one` l1ali`, Vand then the two set together, the one shell fittingl into the other. The vfirst process' is tedious and expensive, and the lastdoesnotv produce an ornament-with that symmetry of appearance desirable.' ABy my improvement these objection'svaire overcome, and nnornam'ent mostperfect in its construction and symmetry ot' appearance is'produced; and the'invention consists in the peculiar manner of unitingthe two v parts of tlie shell-so as to completely hidevthe'j'oint or union of the parts. 1 i

To enable others to construct my improvement, I will proceed to describe the same, as illustrated inthe .accompanying drawings. V

. I will4 Erstl descrbe'fmy. invention as for making round balls. From suitable. metall I strike and form Atwoshells, A I3, so that .the twotogetber form a pglffe'ct sphere, and perforate enchshelhas at vtffigs. 5and 7. Then I form 4n-'rne'callc ring or disk, C, a little less diameter than the inside of the shells. Then, from the materialI with which the ball is `to be covered, vI cut two pieces` each of which is of'suilicient size to cover one of the shells, and turn into' the inside, as Adenoted in red, fig. S, and -in blue. fig. 9. 'Then into the one shell, tig. 8, I'set the ring Vor disk C, and into the other a .wa.d,f, of' 4any suitable material., Ithe ring or diskfC securing the covering to its shell, andthe wad securing the coveringjupon theother shell; then set thetwo parts together, as denoted in tig.

1CD. The ring or disk C entering tlie other part, and Forced therein, secures the two parts firmly together. These `several processsare performed by machines or-'dies similar to those used in common,button-manufacturing.

If the part C is a disk, it, too,vshou'ld be perforated, so that the ballso yformed may bestrung or'attached in the usual manner. i y

By this construction, the expense of'manufaet'ure is very much-reduced, and the articles'themselves vare most perfect in form, and durable. l i.

v It' other shapethan that ot' a sphere be requiredfit is simply necessary to form the' two ends accordingly;

the ring or diskC being employed to unite thetwo parte, whatever may be the shape desired; therefore Indo notconnemyself to any particular form of'ornament oributton, but

4I claim as my invention, 'and desire to secure by -Letters Patentl The dress-ornament, formed in twoparts, coveredas described, and sec-.uredtogetherl by the disk C, as set forth. f v i G. A. JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

H. W. RAND'ALL,'

"B, H. Mannion. 

